Steel Fabricator in the Philippines Job Description
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To help the young aspirant fabricators, I list here the job description
and responsibilities of a steel fabricator.
Nature of the Job
Basically a steel fabricator creates and assembles metal products that
would be used in construction of buildings, bridges, vehicles, houses and other
infrastructures that is made of steel or metal. The man ensures that the metal
parts would fit perfectly with the other parts and that conforms to the
specified sizes and thicknesses.
Responsibility
The responsibility of the job may vary, depending on a lot of factors.
Many steel fabricators are focused on the production of small metal components needed
in electronic equipment, while others specialize in the production of large
metal panels and connecting it together with fasteners or welding.
Tasks may include:
- Operates fabricating machine, such as brakes, rolls, shears, cutter and drill presses
- Bends and straighten metal by hammering, chipping and grinding it
- Use hand torch or furnace to pre-heat work-pieces
- Fits and welds metal parts together
- Design and creates templates and fixtures
- Checks if a work-piece meets the specifications by using square, ruler and measuring tape
- Fabricate and assemble sheet metal products
- Set-up and operate machine tools associated with fabricating shops, such as radial drill press, end mill and edge planer
Required
Education and Training
Fabricators
must have the skills in welding, soldering and metallurgy. He needs the ability
to interpret blueprints and technical drawings to correctly assemble products.
Average knowledge in math is required to calculate temperance and adjust
construction angles. Skills in reading complex instructions are required. Oral
communication abilities are also needed to effectively work with other steel
fabricators since much of the manufacturing process involves teamwork.
Required
Skills
Steel
fabricators should have mechanical skills as they would operate different plant
of the machines. As they would often measure thickness and sizes of metals,
basic knowledge of trigonometry is also required. A skill in welding,
metallurgy and soldering is a must. He would often assemble metal pieces based
on a blueprint so he needs to be able to interpret this technical drawing and
understand complex instructions.
Work
Environment
A
steel fabricator usually works in a manufacturing or production plant. The
environment is noisy and the air quality may not be safe without gears because
of the petroleum products they used to lubricate the equipment. For safety
purposes and to avoid health hazards, this job requires protective eye wear,
dust-resistant mouth and nose shields or welding masks.
Hoping that all the information
provided in this blog will help you prepare to land your dream job. If I missed
anything, please let me know by dropping your comments and feedbacks below.
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Thanks for writing this blog regarding the nature of a Steel Fabricator, when reading this article it gives me insight on what do Steel Fabricator do while working is to provide and fabricate steel products that have unique specification requested by the clients.
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